Charley Hafen has set up four chairs and two small tables on his back patio. A bottle of rye whiskey and a glass tumbler sit on one table. On the other sits another tumbler and a silver tray. On the silver tray are two handmade leather boxes (each filled with an assortment of Dunhill and Nat Sherman cigarettes), a Rolex Oyster Perpetual, a tarnished Japanese lighter, and two … [Read more...]

Four Country Gals is a largely do-it-yourself USDA Organic Certified operation based in Beryl, Utah. They are perhaps best known for their “Traditional Mexican Caramel Sauce,” also known as Cajeta. Four Country Gals was started in 2005 when Cindy Dages, Pat “Mom” Hosko, Bev Adair and Shari Thomas relocated to Beryl. They began raising livestock and growing produce, … [Read more...]

Get Out Your Vote!
It’s voting season again. It could be argued that this year’s vote has more significant consequences than we have seen in decades. And for the first time in decades Gen Xers and Millennials will collectively have more voting power than Baby Boomers. We are slowly inheriting this world, so let’s let’s start fixing the mess by properly voting. But does it … [Read more...]

Utah Stories Magazine began as a website eight years ago. At a time when journalists all across the country were being released from their long-standing positions at newspapers big and small, aspiring publisher Richard Markosian was in journalism school at the University of Utah, being told that “local print journalism was dying and would soon be dead.” Undaunted by the rapid … [Read more...]

Andrew’s eye for a particular kind of design element, the skill he uses to make manifest his imagination, and the levity that permeates his work, have earned him an established yet playful place in the serious world of art. Andrew Smith’s found-object kinetic sculptures—works that spin gears, move water, twirl rotors and guide rolling balls—are a fusion of … [Read more...]

Glen Thompson is a master saddler and one of the few remaining artisans skilled in the specialized craft of hand-made western saddlery.At his home in Huntsville, nestled in the bucolic Ogden Valley, Glen welcomes me into his shop—a virtual time machine festooned with tools, tack and relics dating back to the 1800s.The first thing I notice is the aroma. The smells of … [Read more...]

The pasture-raised beef movement is much more than just another health fad. The practice of intensively managing cattle on rangelands can improve soil and prevent desertification.
One of the leading experts in using livestock to reduce desertification in arid climates is a man named Allan Savory, who has studied rangeland management in Africa for over 40 … [Read more...]

Shop local this holiday season.
This booklet will give you an idea where to go to buy holiday gifts depending on location.
It also features some great local artisans that produce world class products from beer, coffee, cookies to soaps and skin products. … [Read more...]

“Our kids actually do a lot of the work on the farm—milking goats and tending bees. When we aren’t farming we put them to work making the products.”The Ginn kids don’t play video games or watch TV (except an occasional football game) instead, Sam Ginn says, “They help me with the massive amount of work” on their small backyard homestead in Plain City (just north of … [Read more...]